Philadelphia’s acting police commissioner Christine M. Coulter apologized this week for allegedly unknowingly wearing a Los Angeles Police Department T-shirt that alluded to the 1991 beating of Rodney King. “L.A.P.D. ‘We Treat You Like A King,’” the shirt reads. The photograph of Coulter wearing the shirt is from the ’90s,…
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Archived: Filming Encounters With Police is a Constitutional Right, Federal Court Rules
The right to film encounters with police in public areas is protected by the First Amendment, the Philadelphia-based Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday. The milestone ruling means that about half of states across the country now protect citizens who record situations involving law enforcement an issue that…